Official UK procurement notice
Limbs and Things equipment and consumables for nurse training
Authority: Oxford Brookes University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionClinically accurate Limbs and Things equipment/consumables to facilitate training, mentoring and the continued professional development of student nurses.
CPV: Medical consumables · Medical equipments · Training simulators
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Medical simulator trainers are used across Oxford Brookes School of Nursing and…
Medical simulator trainers are used across Oxford Brookes School of Nursing and Midwifery courses to facilitate training, mentoring and the continued professional development of student nurses. The contracting authority has identified a need to acquire additional deliveries of equipment from its original supplier in order to ensure its compatibility therewith. A change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to replace medical simulator trainers with different technical characteristics to existing. This would result in additional significant cost, incompatibility and disproportionate technical difficulties in the continued operation and maintenance.
These are the only products and consumables compatible with the existing Limbs and Things medical simulator trainers and therefore there is no competition for this contract until the end of life of the existing kit. Additional information: Limbs and Things is the only supplier that offers realism and clinical accuracy with veins dispensing blood and other authentic procedures for the existing small equipment for medical and nursing
use. The consumables, such as the faux blood are specific to Limbs and Things existing equipment therefore there is no competition for this contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Nov 2024, 11:31 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Nov 2024, 11:31 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-035447- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b336Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
These are the only products and consumables compatible with the existing Limbs and Things medical simulator trainers and therefore there is no competition for this contract until the end of life of the existing kit.
PCR2015 32(2)(b)(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons
- Review procedure
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.
Publisher note: The Client cannot guarantee any particular level of business within the Contract. Any information on value of business are for guidance only and no guarantee is given as to the exact value under this Contract. Any levels, or aggregate values of goods, referred to are indicative only and shall not be binding on the Client.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limbs & Things Limited | £350,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 035447-2024-1 · Limbs & Things Limited
- Signed
- 1 Nov 2024
- Value
- £350,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- N/AReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Limbs and ThingsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.